A majority of middle-aged men and women eligible to take aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke do not recall their doctors ever telling them to do so, according to a University of Rochester study of a national sample of more than 3,000 patients.
Scientists report they can crank up insect aggression simply by interfering with a basic metabolic pathway in the insect brain. Their study, of fruit flies and honey bees, shows a direct, causal link between brain metabolism (how the brain generates the energy it needs to function) and aggression.
Animal has the strong sensitivity to detect the odour which is helpful for them to identify prey from predator, this capability to identify extend their lifespan.
A new study led by an Adelaide scientist has revealed how massive, meat-eating, ground-dwelling dinosaurs - the theropods - evolved into agile flyers: they just kept shrinking and shrinking, for over 50 million years.
The tiny addition of a chemical mark atop a gene that is well known for its involvement in clinical depression and posttraumatic stress disorder can affect the way a person's brain responds to threats, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.
Modern humans appear in the fossil record about 200,000 years ago, but it was only about 50,000 years ago that making art and advanced tools became widespread.
Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla Motors has signed an agreement with the electronics company Pansonic to build and operate a massive endeavor known as the Gigafactory.
Even as he conquered rival kingdoms to create the first united Chinese empire in 221 B.C., China's First Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered the building of a glorious underground palace complex, mirroring his imperial capital near present-day Xi'an, that would last for an eternity.
Intake of oral contraceptive pills with high amounts of estrogen can up the risk of developing breast cancer, finds a study.
While it is known that members of the U.S. military overall are more likely to use alcohol, a new study finds that female enlistees and female veterans are actually less likely to drink than their civilian counterparts.
Oceanic acidification is negatively affecting fisheries in Alaska, federal researchers say.
Media and marketing experts have long sought a reliable method of forecasting responses from the general population to future products and messages. According to a study conducted at The City College of New York, it appears that the brain responses of just a few individuals are a remarkably strong predictor.
Political scientists have long wondered whether city governments in the U.S. are really responsive to their voters. Aren't local governments simply mired in machine politics, or under the sway of local big-money interests? Does ideology matter?
In an enormous and important discovery, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered liquid geysers that expel water on one of Saturn's moons, Encedalus.
Trees prevent 670,000 incidences of acute respiratory symptoms and save 850 human lives a year, new study has found.
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